It’s July, the last month of our amaizen’ two-to-one match, and we only have 20% left towards our goal!  Click here to learn more. Until Tuesday July 31st, your donation to the Operation Cornbread summer campaign to Keep the Cornbread Comin’ will be matched two to one by generous sponsors.  Donations of $30 can go a long way, and sponsoring specific items or meals is also a great way to give:

SPONSOR-AN-ITEM/MEAL

• Beverages, 1 Week: $50
• Flour Tortillas, 1 Day: $60
• Eggs on Breakfast Day: $68
• Coffee, 1 Month: $76
• Rice and Beans, 1 Month: $104
• Canned Fruit, 1 Month: $212
• All Groceries, 1 Week: $700
• Pasta Day: $60
• Breakfast Day: $110
• Burrito Day: $136

Donate today by clicking here and choosing ‘Operation Cornbread’ as your donation type to receive the match.  Or, mail a check to 133 NW 6th Ave., Portland OR 97209 with ‘Cornbread’ in the subject line, or call (503) 222-5694 ext.12.

Thanks for keepin’ the cornbread comin’!

Calling all restaurateurs! 

. . and friends of restaurateurs; please forward this to your friends in the industry. During our August Dining with Dignity Campaign, we ask our friends in the restaurant industry to raise $10,000 for Sisters’ programs during the summer months.

How does Dining with Dignity work? It’s easy…

1. Designate a day or night where you will donate a portion of your sales to Sisters – then let us know what day and what percentage
2. We’ll send a press release, an announcement on our website and an e-mail to our constituents asking them to patronize your establishment
3. We will thank you for your participation in our September newsletter which is sent to nearly 20,000 people in our community.

Last year we helped rally great turnouts at several participating restaurants.  If 20 restaurants raise $500 each this year, we’ll raise $10,000 handily!

Can’t participate this year?  Donate a generous gift certificate to our Hoedown and Auction.  We will pair it with donated tickets to a concert, ballet, theater etc, helping us raise funds and letting over 400 major donors hear about your generosity. Click here for a donation form; or to learn more email Lisa at sistersoftheroad [dot] org.

Call Monica at (503) 222-5694 ext. 19 or email Monica at sistersoftheroad [dot] org today to learn more about participating in Dining with Dignity!

Voices from the Street, Sisters’ new book based on 515 interviews with people experiencing homelessness by Jessica P. Morrell, will be available at two events coming up, and is also available at the locations in the column to the right.

We also have a new web page, Sisters Research Project Working Papers, featuring documents produced by people in the community who have requested the data that Voices is based on. 

It’s new, so check back soon for more postings.  To read the categories of data we have, click here. This data is available for YOU!  To learn more about requesting data for use at your workplace or project, email Orion at sistersoftheroad [dot] org.

Benefit Lunch at Wild Oats

Saturday, July 21st 11am-3pm at Wild Oats at 3535 NE 15th Avenue, you are invited to a Sisters-benefit lunch.  Outside the front doors, they’ll be serving box lunches: $6 gets you a Caesar salad (with or without chicken), a delicious dessert and a beverage.  All proceeds benefit Sisters - wow!  Our new book, Voices from the Street, will also be on sale there.  Thank-you, Wild Oats!

You can buy the book at one of the locations or events listed below.  Books are trade soft covers and cost $24.95:

Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 pm at Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Highway, Portland; (503)246-0053.  Research project interviewer Orion Gray will speak.

Saturday, July 21st 11am-3pm at Wild Oats at 3535 NE 15th Avenue, they are selling $6 lunch boxes, and all proceeds will benefit Sisters.  Voices from the Street will also be on sale there.  Thank-you, Wild Oats!

Stores and online locations:

Please note that because stock turns over frequently, it’s worth calling before you make the trip.

• Broadway Books at 1714 NE Broadway St. in Portland (503) 284-1726
• Reading Frenzy at 921 SW Oak St. ~ Portland, (503) 274-1449
• Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Highway, Portland; (503)246-0053
• Borders Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton - (503) 644-6164
• Borders online;
• Powell’s online
• Amazon.com
  
• Sisters’ online store - click here and you will be routed to our Auctionpay.com online order page.
• At Sisters’ office at 618 NW Sixth Ave., 9am - 5pm, or by calling (503) 222-5694 or emailing Catharine at sistersoftheroad [dot] org and we will mail them to you, add $3 a book for postage and packaging.
• Publisher Gray Sunshine, either online or at their office at 1825 SE 7th; (503) 232-0103

Booksellers can order the book:

• Through Ingrams Book Group
• Through Franklin, Beedle, and Associates directly by or by toll free phone at 1-800-322-2665
• Or by emailing: publisher at graysunshine [dot] com or going to their webpage:  Gray Sunshine

Thank-you for all your support to amplify the Voices of people experiencing homelessness!